12 Mission Main Street Grant Winners Get Trip to Google Headquarters

Twelve U.S. small businesses will be visiting Google headquarters in California. All twelve are part of a program aimed at investment in small community businesses with a plan for growth. The businesses have been awarded a share of $3 million in Mission Main Street Grants.

The grants, offered by Chase, are intended to enable them to make huge leaps in their development that would not be possible without additional funding.

Recipients include businesses like Edibles Rex, a company dedicated to providing nutritious food for children in Detroit’s charter schools. Learn more about the company in the video below:

Each of the 12 businesses received $250,000 from the Main Street Mission Grants program. The funding will allow each business to significantly grow some aspect of their operations over the next two years.

In a prepared release on the grants, Chase Business Banking CEO Scott Geller explained:

“We hope these twelve exceptional businesses take their innovative products and creative approaches to new heights through their Mission Main Street grant.”

Businesses were chosen from among 35,000 applicants from all 50 states seeking to be considered for the funding. They were then voted on by the general public and their supporters who were all able to view applicants’ profiles on the Main Street Mission Grants website.

A total 1.7 million people online participated in voting for their favorite business and each business needed at least 250 votes to qualify for the final phase of the contest where winners were selected, Chase reports.

The trip to Google headquarters is also part of the prize. There business leaders will take part in a marketing workshop designed to help them market their products and services more effectively.

Shawn Hessinger is the Editor for Small Business Trends. He is a journalist and social media networker with more than a decade of experience in the traditional newspaper business before moving to the digital world. He was the former community manager of BizSugar and the former community editor at AllAnalytics, a site dedicated to professionals in the business intelligence and analytics community.

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And congratulations to all the others who participated in Mission Main Street. Even if you didn’t win this year, the experience of participating is valuable, and prepares you for next year and for competing in other awards and competitions.

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